In addition, the overhead press is a great way to train your shoulders and front deltoids without needing to do a ton of extra front delt isolation training. Final Word The dumbbell front raise is an isolation exercise that targets your front deltoids. You often train your front delts enough...
If I asked you to name shoulder exercises I’d bet a big chunk you’d mention the usual suspects… shoulder press, front raise, lat raise, dips. You might throw in bench presses and cable flys too. You wouldn’t be wrong by the way – they train shoulders. The problem is they’re ...
A good point to consider is that your rear delts are likely underdeveloped if you’re like the average weightlifter. Exercises like face pull and reverse flies target the posterior deltoid. The inverse is likely also true — if you desire broader shoulders, giving them a little extra volume an...
Your posterior, or rear, delts are on the back section of the shoulder muscles. They attach your upper arm to a different section of your shoulder blade. The rear delts function to move your arms behind your body and help control your scapulae (shoulder blades). The posterior delts are sig...
Lateral raises are a great exercise to build shoulder strength and mobility, but the form can be tough without focus. Here's you how to do it right.
Here’s a graphic that shows the muscle groups that that we are trying to target when doing the face pull. This will come in even handier when we look at how NOT to perform this exercise! What muscles do face pulls work? Posterior deltoid (rear delts) ...
and rotate the arms in their corresponding directions. Because the arms are in front of the shoulders during the movement, the anterior deltoid will be hit the most. As the pressing angle gets more steep and approached upright, your mid and rear delts will contribute more to the movement. (...
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Make it Harder: Try to incorporate pauses at the end ranges of motion, but without letting the range extend so far that you’re recruiting your biceps and delts. Remember, this is an isolation exercise. Coach’s Tip: Make sure you’re stopping the eccentric before feeling your biceps or ...
In BODYPUMP try ‘6 Rows’ for track 4, for track 8 try ‘7 Rear Delts’. These small titles will be a great help when you revisit older releases. The last thing you want to do is that Finale move when the music is still on… yikes!